Easy Oatmeal Apple Muffin Recipe: Gluten Free
This simple and easy oatmeal apple muffin recipe is a great way to get a delicious dose of oatmeal into your diet. Packed with a full cup of oats, this recipe is gluten free and dairy free.
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 193kcal
Ingredients
For muffins:
- 195 grams gluten free flour blend about 1 ½ cups
- 100 grams gluten free oats about 1 cup
- 150 grams brown sugar about ¾ cup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup almond milk
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup Granny Smith apple peeled and chopped
For streusel:
- 50 grams gluten free oats about ¼ cup
- 16 grams gluten free flour blend about 2 Tablespoons
- 25 grams brown sugar about 2 Tablespoons
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons vegan butter melted
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the gluten free flour blend, gluten free oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined.
- In a medium bowl, add the eggs, almond milk, applesauce, oil, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until completely combined, about 20 seconds.
- Stir in the chopped apple. Set batter aside to rest for 30 minutes.
- Prepare streusel by adding oats, gluten free flour blend, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter to a small bowl. Stir to fully combine.
- Preheat oven to 400F. Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin by spraying well with cooking spray.
- Fill muffin cups ¾ of the way full with batter. Sprinkle each top with about 1 Tablespoon of the streusel.
- Bake muffins for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cool slightly, remove from the pan, and serve.
Notes
- Measure by weight where weight is given.
- Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
- The rest time for the batter is important for hydration of the gluten free ingredients and oats.
- This recipe was tested with Bob's Red Mill gluten free oats. Make sure your oats are certified gluten free.
- This recipe was tested with the gluten free flour mix here.
- Granny Smith apples are recommended for this recipe.
- For best results, peel the apple before chopping.
- Any dairy-free milk can be used.
- Muffins can be served warm from the oven.
